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Tribunal Watch has indexed 36,571 UK employment tribunal cases involving unlawful deduction from wages claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £2,375 (the largest £3,449,329) across 15,206 cases. Tribunals upheld 76% of the 20,823 decided unlawful deduction from wages claims. These cases name 28,365 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upheld | 15,817 | 62% |
| Dismissed | 5,006 | 19% |
| Struck out | 2,084 | 8% |
| Withdrawn | 2,044 | 8% |
| Other | 543 | 2% |
| Settled | 200 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 403 | |
| 2018 | 672 | |
| 2019 | 4,550 | |
| 2020 | 6,663 | |
| 2021 | 4,863 | |
| 2022 | 4,993 | |
| 2023 | 4,865 | |
| 2024 | 4,282 | |
| 2025 | 3,724 | |
| 2026 | 1,556 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1404855/2018 | 5 June 2019 | In person For the | University of Southampton | £3,449,329 |
| 1403379/2024 | 29 May 2025 | Ms Herbert (in person) For the Second Claimant Ms Orimolade (in person) For the | Tech | £2,083,333 |
| 2202223/2019 | 5 November 2019 | Mrs J Marsan | Big Marcel Ltd | £423,868 |
| 3304188/2022 | 28 July 2023 | Cyril Gregory | Petro Trace Limited | £340,213 |
| 2204168/2021 | 23 June 2022 | Elle Kim | Finablr Ltd | £279,566 |
| 3320831/2021 | 30 November 2022 | Mr Joh Murphy | Remus Corporation UK Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | £234,410 |
| 3305627/2024 | 6 August 2025 | Mr Richard Cooke | Seven Resourcing Limited | £229,119 |
| 2414266/2021 | 7 March 2022 | Mrs N Denmade and others (see schedule) | Trinity Brands UK Ltd | £219,664 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3304545/2024 | 4 November 2024 | Mr Grant Broadfoot | Mr Alex Isherwood, Service MOT Repairs | England & Wales | £1,507 |
| 6010521/2024 | 4 November 2024 | Ms I Sudrabina | Seachill UK Limited t/a Hilton Seafood UK | England & Wales | £100 |
| 8001473/2024 | 4 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8001473/2024 Ms W White | LBD Pubs Ltd | Scotland | £1,372 |
| 3311065/2023 | 4 November 2024 | Mr R Zaveckis | Revision Recruitment Ltd | England & Wales | £961 |
| 6017133/2024 | 2 November 2024 | Mrs C Timms | Shantell Leoni Richards | England & Wales | £6,460 |
| 3300438/2024 | 1 November 2024 | Mrs J Pettit | Pinford End Limited (in creditors’ voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6016987/2024 | 1 November 2024 | Mr S Aly | Recovery NLR Limited | England & Wales | £2,700 |
| 1800991/2024 |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the unlawful deduction from wages caseload if unlawful deduction from wagesis tagged in its classification output. A single judgment frequently combines multiple claim types, so the same case may appear on more than one claim-type page. Per-claim outcomes come from the second-pass (LLM-assisted) extraction and are recorded for each claim a judgment decides; the success rate counts only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed). Award figures are taken from the remedy section of each judgment where present; cases without a quantified award — because the tribunal only determined liability, or because the remedy hearing is pending — are excluded from the compensation figures. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a prediction of any outcome; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.
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| 15 | British Gas Trading Limited | 45 |
| 16 | The Secretary of State for Justice | 45 |
| 17 | West Lothian Council | 43 |
| 18 | H M Revenue & Customs | 41 |
| 19 | North Lanarkshire Council | 40 |
| 20 | Glasgow City Council | 37 |
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| 2305802/2023 | 1 November 2024 | Mrs Shahina Khatun | Equans Regeneration Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 8000730/2024 | 1 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000730/2024 S Buhari | S & M Ltd | Scotland | £163 |
| 6005601/2024 | 1 November 2024 | Mr S S Digpal | Bidvest Noonon (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £1,010 |
| 8000967/2024 | 1 November 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000967/2024 Mr E Passley | Ccpn Limited | Scotland | £2,220 |
| 2402911/2024 | 31 October 2024 | Miss K Y Chung | Bonkers90BGH Ltd | England & Wales | £3,998 |
| 2300976/2023 | 31 October 2024 | Miss Sahra Abdi | Currie Motors UK Limited | England & Wales | £20,841 |
| 8000592/2025 | 31 October 2024 | Mrs G McDonald Allan | Student Loans Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 6007026/2024 | 31 October 2024 | Mr Paul Cope | Multimodal Logistics Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2400007/2024 | 31 October 2024 | J Baillie | Solution Insurance Services (Ltd) | England & Wales | £740 |
| 6010080/2024 | 31 October 2024 | Miss J Roman-Blencoe | SAAF Education Limited | England & Wales | £655 |
| 3311094/2022 | 31 October 2024 | Mr Owen Lewis | Firmitas Design & Build Ltd (in creditors voluntary liquidation) | England & Wales | — |
| 6007272/2024 | 31 October 2024 | — | Intesacommunications Ltd | England & Wales | £1,698 |
| 2201523/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Mr E Biba 1st | Lion Capital LLP 2nd Respondent: Mr F Zappaterra OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING AT LONDON CENTRAL Heard by CVP on 22 and 23 October 2024 | England & Wales | — |
| 8001260/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Mr K Mitchell | Morgan Woods Ltd | Scotland | £2,514 |
| 1305470/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Mr George Mathew | J M E Driveforce Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2600647/2023 | 30 October 2024 | Mrs K Wiles Miss B Rowe Miss M Sosinska Mrs K Stokes Miss C Pilgrim Mrs H Thorncroft | Exceptional Homecare T/a We Care Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400949/2022 | 30 October 2024 | Mr F Wandji Mboungueng | Utilities Design & Planning Ltd HELD AT: Manchester in person | England & Wales | — |
| 6009020/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Ms Amanpreet Kaur | Ivy RIJ Ltd (t/a Karak Chaii) | England & Wales | £2,400 |
| 6009044/2024 | 30 October 2024 | Ms Amandeep Kaur | Ivy RIJ Ltd (t/a Karak Chaii) | England & Wales | £4,353 |
| 8000869/2024 | 30 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 8000869/2024 Mr W Haddow | MF Heating and Plumbing Ltd | Scotland | £12,632 |
| 4110384/2014 | 29 October 2024 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case Number: 4110384/2014 Mr G Kinnison | Tayside Contracts | Scotland | — |
| 2219350/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mr S Kumar | UK Tax Advice Ltd CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013 Under | England & Wales | — |
| 2305727/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Ms McIntosh-Roffey | Belle & Wilde Limited | England & Wales | £6,078 |
| 8000663/2023 | 29 October 2024 | C Thomson | Cambuslang Grill Ltd (Dissolved) | Scotland | — |
| 2301749/2024 | 29 October 2024 | (1) Miss K Field (2) Miss R Hindmarsh (3) Mr J Foad (4) Miss A Warrington (5) Ms S Daffeh (6) Miss L Jefferson (7) Miss T Cole (8) Mrs K Dennis (9) Miss S Dodds (10) Miss E Hewitt | Aspire Home Carers Ramsgate Limited | England & Wales | £5,445 |
| 6006987/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Aaron James | Intesa Communications Ltd At: Central London Employment Tribunal | England & Wales | £951 |
| 8001032/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Ms S Onyan | Represented by: Mr J Aluya, lay representative Eildon Care Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2304920/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Mr L Marcelo | Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 2302691/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Lucy Velarde | Day True Interiors Limited (in liquidation) | England & Wales | £4,903 |
| 2301665/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mr N Georgiev | MDP Recruitment | England & Wales | — |
| 2304366/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Miss A I Mihaiu | Dawn Mason | England & Wales | £1,470 |
| 2401145/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mr Pawel Gromski | Marshalls Truck Bodies Limited | England & Wales | £540 |
| 2200759/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Mrs G Kulaitiene | Fresh & Wild Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200128/2023 | 29 October 2024 | Ms T Daley | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £252 |
| 2600569/2024 | 29 October 2024 | Ms AJ Angless | Secretary of State for Business & Trade | England & Wales | — |
| 3311368/2023 | 28 October 2024 | In person For the | Riverside Rooms Catering Company Ltd | England & Wales | £1,200 |
| 6004431/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Mr W Baker | Marcon Fit-Out Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3204727/2022 | 28 October 2024 | Mr Sandocan Stan | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited t/a Betfred | England & Wales | — |
| 6009472/2024 | 28 October 2024 | Agata Mamcarz | Synergy Consulting Engineers Ltd | England & Wales | £3,480 |
| 3311695/2023 | 28 October 2024 | Ms A Breneska | Wincanton Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3200742/2022 | 28 October 2024 | Ms J Linde | University of East London | England & Wales | — |
| 6004283/2024 | 28 October 2024 | — | LawBit Ltd | England & Wales | £21,926 |